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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-work-focused-interviews-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2001/176",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Work-focused Interviews) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-work-focused-interviews-regulations-northern-ireland-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HOUSING; RATES; SOCIAL SECURITY\nFAMILY LAW; CHILD SUPPORT\nMade 12th April 2001\nComing into operation 14th May 2001\nThe Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2A, 2B(6) and (7), 5(1)(a) and (b) and 165(1) and (4) to (7A) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, section 122(1)(d) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and Article 73(4) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999, and now vested in it, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, with the consent of the Department of Finance and Personnel in so far as regulation 15(1) and Schedule 2 are concerned, and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 8; sections 2A and 2B were inserted by Article 54 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11)); section 165(1) was amended by paragraph 49(2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671) and section 165(7A) was inserted by paragraph 58 of Schedule 9 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "See section 171(6A) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7); subsection (6A) was inserted by Article 3(3) of the Social Security (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/1579 (N.I. 8)); see also Article 6(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481 which transferred the consent functions under section 171(6A) from the Department of the Environment to the Department of Finance and Personnel"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "See section 150(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/176/introduction",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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